. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . of the Twenty-sixth Infantry March 5,1867, transferred to Tenth Infantry in 1869, and promotedcolonel of Sixth Infantry December 15, 1880. He servedwith his regiment in various departments, and was actinginspector-general of the Department of the Missouri fromDecember, 1874, to June, 1875, and then colonel and aide-de-camp to the general of the army to December, 1880. He was in command of the post of Fort Leavenworthand the Infantry and Cavalry School of Application fromMay 13, 1886, to August 28, 1890; appointed brigadi
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . of the Twenty-sixth Infantry March 5,1867, transferred to Tenth Infantry in 1869, and promotedcolonel of Sixth Infantry December 15, 1880. He servedwith his regiment in various departments, and was actinginspector-general of the Department of the Missouri fromDecember, 1874, to June, 1875, and then colonel and aide-de-camp to the general of the army to December, 1880. He was in command of the post of Fort Leavenworthand the Infantry and Cavalry School of Application fromMay 13, 1886, to August 28, 1890; appointed brigadier-general July 11, 1890, and assigned to command theDepartment of Arizona, which position he now occupies. General McCook is the son of Major Daniel McCook,who was born in 1796, and killed in battle by Morgansguerillas near Buffmgton Island, Ohio, July 19, of his brothers took part in the war for the Union,three of whom, like their father, were killed. Four ofthe eight McCook brothers attained the rank of general. 26 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY volunteer). BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERAL THOMAS JEFFERSONHENDERSON, Brevet Brigadier-General Thomas Jefferson Hen-derson was born at Brownsville, Haywood County, Ten-nessee, November 29, 1824; received an academic edu-cation, and removed to Illinois, with his father, at the ageof eleven, where he worked upon a farm until he wastwenty years of age. In 1847 he was elected clerk of the County Cmut ofthe county of Stark, which office he held until 1853, atwhich time he was admitted to the bar, and has sincepractised his profession, except when in the public 1855 he served .is representative in the State Legis-lature, and was a member of the State Senate from 1857to 1861. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the Union armyand raised a company, which afterwards became a partof the One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment of IllinoisVolunteer Infantry. But on the organization of the regi-ment he was unanimously elected colonel, a
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